How Radiation Therapy Is Becoming More Personal

Thanks to advances in radiation therapy, treating all patients with a particular tumor the same is becoming a thing of the past. 

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Author | Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Now, clinicians can see — in real-time — how an individual patient's tumor is responding to therapy, and make adjustments during treatment. Theodore Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D., director of Radiation Oncology at the U-M Rogel Cancer Center, offers insight into the era of individualized radiation therapy.

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